Parsing file in Lua for specific value in table -

i new lua programming , trying parse local file on pc , save elements of table/array strings.

i have been able data , print each line of file, except having problems when trying specific value , save them strings or print line. appreciated.

here code sample:

function file_exists(file)   local f = io.open(file, "rb")   if f f:close() end   return f ~= nil end   function lines_from(file)   if not file_exists(file) return {} end   lines = {}   line in io.lines(file)     lines[#lines + 1] = line   end   return lines  end   local file = 'stats.txt' local lines = lines_from(file)   k,v in pairs(lines)   print('line[' .. k .. ']', v) end 

your code works expected. copied code file named temp.lua. here output:

line[1] function file_exists(file) line[2]   local f = io.open(file, "rb") line[3]   if f f:close() end line[4]   return f ~= nil line[5] end line[6]  line[7]  line[8] function lines_from(file) line[9]   if not file_exists(file) return {} end line[10]      lines = {} line[11]      line in io.lines(file) line[12]        lines[#lines + 1] = line line[13]      end line[14]      return lines line[15]     line[16]    end line[17]     line[18]    local file = 'temp.lua' line[19]    local lines = lines_from(file) line[20]     line[21]    k,v in pairs(lines) line[22]      print('line[' .. k .. ']', v) line[23]    end